Child First (UK)

Analysis

Child First (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06709005). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Child First (UK) reported income of £52k and spending of £54k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £51k to £52k (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Child First (UK) sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fast 58 (£52k), Puntland Progress Coalition (£52k) and The Mary Wood Trust (£52k).